Macrurus altus Weiler 1943 (grenadiers)

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Full reference: W. Weiler. 1943. Die Otolithen aus dem Jungtertiär Süd-Rumäniens. 1. Buglow und Sarmat. Senkenbergiana 26:87-115

Belongs to Macrurus according to W. Weiler 1943

Sister taxa: Macrourus communis, Macrourus debilis, Macrurus dorsolobatus, Macrurus ellipticus, Macrurus gracilis, Macrurus obliquus, Macrurus praecursor, Macrurus rhombicus, Macrurus rotundus, Macrurus toulai, Macrurus trolli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Scaiosi, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in Romania

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Scaiosi

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